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To the 7th hee cannot depose./
To the 8th … To the 7th hee cannot depose./
To the 8th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Court and further<br />
cannot depose./
To the 9th hee saith hee knoweth not the arlate Woodfin nor any of his<br />
Company and therefore cannot depose to this article/
To the last hee saith his foregeing deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE EHADING]
To the first hee saith hee was required by James Watkins Master of<br />
the ''Pilgrim'' to appeare and yestifie the truth in this cause, and saith hee<br />
was Cooper and Steward of the ''Pilgrim'' her last voyage wherein hee continued<br />
about sixe moneths and three weekes, and was and is paid by the sayd Watkins for soe<br />
longe tyme, and hath at present noe relation to the Interrogated Bland or Watkins<br />
nor had any relation to them save his place the sayd voyage. And further<br />
hee cannot answere./
To the second hee knoweth not nor hath heard what was the reason<br />
of the ''Exeter Merchants'' falling fowle of the ''Pilgrim'' nor hath heard ought<br />
whether shee were adrift or not, nor by whome And saith hee did<br />
observe that the company of the ''Exeter Merchant'' when they came neere<br />
the ''Pilgrim'' did labour and strive what they could to keepe her from falling<br />
fowle of the ''Pilgrim'', but shee was then soe neere it could not be prevented<br />
And further hee cannot answere./
To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith the ''Pilgrim'' at such tymes as the ''Exeter Merchant''<br />
fell fowle of her had two Anchors downe but how they laye hee<br />
remembreth not, neither is hee soe good a seaman as to resolve the<br />
question Interrogated whether the running fowle of the ''Exeter Merchant'' might have<br />
bin avoided by the ''Pilgrims'' having an Anchor to the Northward And further<br />
hee cannot answere./
To the 4th hee saith hee knoweth the rayles of the head of the ''Pilgrim'' were broke<br />
before shee came into the River of Thames, but the head itselfe was not And<br />
saith the sayd vessell was somwhat leakie at Sea in ffowle weather, but not<br />
soe leakie as shee was after her being runne on ground as aforesayd, And<br />
hee saith hee knoweth the ''Pilgrim'' is sheathed, but what necessitie there was<br />
for it hee knoweth not nor hath heard any thing of the rest of this Interrogatorie<br />
and therefore cannot further answere thereto./
To the 5th hee saith hee well knoweth that there was not much oyle pumped<br />
while the ''Pilgrim'' was at sea, for that hee himselfe put all up into Casks that was<br />
pumped out at Sea the whole voyage and thereby knoweth it did not all amount<br />
to above one pipe of Oyle And hee saith that hee this deponent did finde<br />
faut with two pipes of oyle when they were taken into the sayd Shipp and<br />
not more, and those hee this deponent being Cooper of the shipp did mend<br />
and make firme and sufficient before they were stowed And saith there<br />
was only one pipe of oyle as aforesayd pumped in her voyage betwixt Pharoe<br />
where shee tooke the oyles in and London the place of her discharge And saith that presently after<br />
shee was runne aground as aforesayd and gotten afloate againe there was about a pipe of oyle pumped which<br />
was saved in empty casks that was aboard And further to this Interrogatorie hee<br />
cannot answere/
Toatorie hee<br />
cannot answere/
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